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Born July 30, 1905, to Mr. and Mrs.
B. II. Jennings, a daughter.
Mrs. Wm. Clark and family from
Medford Buent a day at the Davis
place daring tbe week.
The BbieldB header orew began out
tino on the Dr. Hav ilaoe Saturday
afternoon, This maoe bus the best
orop on it for years,
Ralnb Wells, reoently from Uoiso
City, Idaho, was bere tbe first of the
week, looking over the country witb
view to finding a locution.
W. R. Byruni has latey purchased a
V. 6. separator and will try to in
crease his herd of cows to the capac
ity of the machine.
Mrs. Horace Pelton, accommpanied
by Mrs. Fannie Wilson, of Jackson
ville, made a short cull at "Tbe Oaks"
on tbeir way to Medford the Urst of
tbe week.
The oounty road roller has finished
the work on the Agato-Centrul Point
road and is now on the big sticky
Eagle Point road, wbicb is being
graded.
T. H. Pendleton is visiting his
lirothor and family hero, after an ab
sence of llv years, mostly spent in
California, in traveling around he
Mes many improvements and some
of this country looks strange.
On Sunday Miss KstellaUrishnm in
vited a few friends to help celebrate
her birthday. Thore was a merry
time witb cake and ice cream to
help pass the time away.
Mrs. K. O. Washburn has boon
spending a week at their Table liook
orchard, assisting Mr. W. iu tbe se
lection of a building site ami the
plans for their new house. She re
turned to Portland Tuesday.
E. B. Wolfer has tiikon up bis resi
dence on the Wolfer-Morrisou tract
and MrB. Morrison wns out. from Mod
ford last week to look over the place.
Mr. and Mrs. Morrison and family
will not move out till later.
On bis return from Jacksonville last
week Dennis Duul'iiu ronorted haviue
seen some grain stuoks burning uud
thought thov wore on the Gus New
bury plaoo. Ho did not hour' how
the tire started.
W. II. Meeker, of Medford, accom
panied by Mr. and Mrs. Mclutire and
their son-iu-iaw. Air. wvckou. or
Colorado, wore looking over this soo-
tion of tbe valley Monday, Mrs. Mo
Intire is a sister of Mrs. Meeker and
they aie enjoying their viBit.
T.ll l.71..,nr..l 4.lr.l
spent several days last week, tbe guest
of verne renuioiou anu uau groat run
helping with hay hauling and stack
ing. On Sunday Master Homer El
wood and Fred Purdln drove out and
Lloyd nooouipanlcd them homo that
evening.
$ioo Reward, $ioo
Tbe roailorti of IhlH pnpor will bo plcnnod to
le.ru tbut tlmro tn at k'RHl otai di-ouried dlN
oknu thai hoIudoo ban boon ublo to onro la all
its 8IHK0K, Bml that Ih Catarrh. Hall'H Calarrb
Cure in tho only pontitvn uurp now knowo to
Ibu modlcal fraternity. Catarrh being a oon
atltutional iII.uhhu rcqulruH a uoiiHtltutlonal
Ircatmunl. llall'H (Jittanh Cure Ih taken In
tertinllv. aollnu illruutlv uiioii tho blood uud
mucous HurfacuH of tlin HyHlum, thereby iIuh-
tniyint; tuu loiiiiiuiuini 01 loo iiihuhhu ivnu
giving tho patient HtreiiKth by bulldtuu up the
conHlltutlon and UHHhtlnK naturo In ilotnu tin
work. Tho proprietor! bavo ho inurh itulli In
itH uratlve powurH that they orrer One liun
drod DollarH Tor any oaHO that 11 falln lu eurc.
Bend fur Hat of tt'glltnonlalH.
Address: P. J. CHKNUV, &CO .Toledo
Sold bvall drUKKlHU.7r0
Take llnll'a Kauitly IMllHforconHtlpalloa.
Central Point Items.
J. M, Uibson has gono to Oolestln
springs to roouHrnte.
Mr. Bender, who has boon very ill,
is some better at tills writing.
Miss Ella Wilkinson, of Illinois, is
tne guest or nor sister, Airs. L)r.
Pleasants.
James iiingor, of Eaglo Point, is
painting and parpeing (i, 11. Hot)'
lino, now residenoe.
J3. Ploasauts is buibliug Hun hotol
. on Pine street, whiob will bo ooru
pleted in u few days.
Miss Stella Pleasants, who has boou
Hpeuding eevoral weeks at Portlaud,
oamc homo last woek.
Mrs. Alice Bturkoy and daughter,
Miss Irma, of Sun Kriuiciaoo, ar vis
iting Mrs. K. C. Morris.
Milo Mve, of Gruuta Puss, speut
scvonil daye hero last week, visiting
his cousin, MIbs Mary Moe.
Charlio Jeirors lias been nursing a
very soro baud for several days and
was not alilo to work iu his shop.
Win. Price, late of Nebraska, lias
bought ttic Snowy llutto nlacksmith
shop and took possession this week.
(iluss ilros. bus bought ' a new
threshing outfit from W. J. l'Teeman
aud are now begiuuiuo; tho season's
work.
Prof. A. ,). Ilnuby ami wife aud
MisB Klla Stone left for Portlaud
Wednesday, tn Bpoud a few weeks at
tbo fair,
Mrs. 1, 11, Williams, who has been
spending Uiii past few weeks it Dead
Indian soda springs, will return homo
Saturday,
P. J. Hick, lute from tho Eimt,
has opened a jewelry shop hero and
does all sorts of repairing and watch
cleaning,
A. L. Fitch and wife, of Wntorton,
Neb,, are visiting Kev. Geo. Ilmhiuik
aud wife. Tho two ladies are sisters
and bad not met before for ten years.
Dr. J. K. Cameron, laic of Nebras
ka, has opened au ollluo iu the Karnoy
building, next door to tho postottloc.
The doctor comes well recommended
and we welcome htm to our commun
ity. A little foruthouglil may Have you no
end to trnunlo. Any one who makes it
a rule to keep Chamberlain's Cnlic,
cholera ant) Diarrhoea Itemorly at hand
. knows this to be a fact. For bale by
Cliiirlei tUraPir.
Itnlifie ltl'lllH.
My J. O. M.
Wm. Jones, Br., and wife, of Ueaglo,
were in Medford Saturday night.
Horn To Air, and Mrs. Howard
JVrV'T . near Uwigle. July 11, WOfi, a
i u Mcr.
E. D. Wilhlti'one of the pru.,pur
una and successful fruit rubers of An
Muck district, was in Mclford Men i
day with a load of bis oboice fruit,
wblon he disposed of quite readily to
Medford merchants.
The Glass llros. steam threshing
machine outfit of iJeugle left Sunday
for Central Point seotion to com
mence tbe season's run.
T, H. Brown, a prominent citizen
of Antiocb tarried in Medford three
days last week, the guest of T, 0,
Norrls and family. Tbe gentleman
reports considerable damage done to
fruit and corn by tbe protracted hot
epell of weather,
I made a hurried trip to tbe Mer
ritt, liybee and Pendleton Irrigation
ditch on tbe south side of Rogue
river Tuesd ay in search of my favor
ite fruit, the wild plum, and was well
paid, finding them in abundance at
the plum patch at the crossing of the
diteh at tbe foot of Table Hock, on
the Fort Klamatb road. After secur
ing my plums I lode to the beautiful
home of Wm. Scott, some three miles
distant, Bltuuted at tbe mouth of Con
stant creek, whore it loses itself in
the clear, swift ruuniug waters of
Rogue river. This tract of land of
3(10 acres is known as tho old Donegan
tract sinoe 18ti0 and is 'a popular
camping plaee for all travel leading to
Eastern Oregon, as it is so conveni
ently sitnated for water, wood and
hay and withal and ideal stock farm.
Mr. Soott, the present owner, pur
chased this run-down and almost de
serted property, deserted by every
body and alomBt every thing exuept
fleas, some three years ago from
White & Trowbridge, of Medford. Of
course prophesy began at once from
those that knew what tbe reciilt would
bo with Mr. Scott's investment in
this old, run-down farm. 1 don't
supposo there is a farm in Jaokson
county that bus hud us many different
tenants and as many eifortB at differ
out occupations as this farm. Some
have tried hogs, some cattle and
horses, others sheep, while others
farming exclusively ; but failure in
all those ventures bus been the result.
Why is this? has been tho nuostion,
Mr. Scott tellt me a little capital, lots
of perserveranco aud good judgment,
and romarkably good health him
brought him sucocess in transform
lug this old lnnd mark into an ideal
home. His llrst outlay was a saw
mill. Noighbors wondered where his
timber wnB and if a few scattering
bull pino trees would justify, but Mr.
S. 'b laud covers 100 aercB of ohol"o
Rogue river bottom land and sixty
aoroH of this tract is covored with
groves of sugar aud bull pine timber.
Hero Mr. S. set his mill und has
manufactured lumber to build hi
farm house, barn and to fence and
cross fonce his entire plaoo With
pluuka and posts from his own lum
ber and has sold some 15,000 feet of
dear lumber at Medford and other
points. Ho has uIho fifty acres ho
points with pride to of choice, pro
ductive land, that has boeu lying idle
for centuries cleared of tho brush,
drnincdaud sown to gruss. And for tho
old, run-down Holds that have been
but partially cultivated for genera
tions he gathered up 500 loads of
fertilizer from tho old barns and out
buildings aud gave them a coating
that luiB increased the crops per aero
wonderfully, which has encouraged
and well puid Mr. S.. for ho considers
tbe general clean-up and bonoflt to
Mb plaoo and lands worth $u00. Ho
act out a young, thrifty fruit orchard
uf ton nores aud isongagod iu divcrsi-
lied farming and his fields are so
arranged with plenty of water that
ho can pasturo and farm thorn by ro
tation to good advautago aud that
little, despieable of all insects, tho
Hon, kiiB long sinoe taken Its depart
tiro, for tho whole plaee bus been
transformed from an old, dilapidated,
run down, apparently worn out and
unproductive farm, to -one of cleanli
ness, thrift aud productiveness.
Muny giaiu stacks, fat cattle, horses,
and hogs tell the tide of tbe proper
method and munugomunt of a farm in
all Its details. Now tboso who pre
dicted Mr. floott'e investment in real
estato a failure udinit that a prophet
has no honor in his own country and
arc willing uud glad to oongrutulatoMr.
b, as a succosuful, practical farmer
and to, hope that be and his moatios-
tinuible wife may live long aud enjoy
their well-oaruod blessings. We uoto
othor farms that dot our county and
ulso city proportj of the same cIubb
us above mentioned place. If tliey
could be bought at n ronsonublo figure
by the proper person, in n vory fow
yours tbo general appearances of our
grand old county would soon have
discarded tho old, ragged, weather-
beaten oout for one more lxroapor-
ous looking aud of brighter colore.
East Medford Items.
II. O. Garuott and family arojhumc
from their outing at Dead Indian
springs,
Mrs. Wm. Wille uud Miss .lunnio
McClanahan returned home from
Colostin Saturday.
Mrs. Al. Ferguson and daughter.
1 J. L. HELMS, I
if Veterinary Surgeon i
Graduate S. F.
Veterinary College
I.ATUI.Y OP QUAUTHHMASTKirS
DKVAHTMKNT u. h. a., also
VKTK1UNAH1AN POU lU(KUN
RANCH, 8ACKAMKNT0, CAUF.
All Classes of Votorinnry
Work. Calls answered day
or night
J OFFICE AT NASH STABLES
; Phone 441 Medford, Ore. S
Bessie, came in Wednesday for a few
days' stay from Thrall, Calif., where
Mr. Ferguson is now stationed.
Mrs. W. E. Finney, of Jaokson
ville, visited Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Collins several daye this week.
Mrs. Myra Butler, mother of Mrs,
J. W. liiug, who has been visiting
relatives at Madesto, Calif., for some
time, arrived home this week.
Mrs. R, M. McDonough, of Jack
sonville, and Mr. and Mrs. (Jus Sam
uels, of Phoenix, are viBiting Martin
McDonough and family. These peo
ple have just retnrned from a two
months' stay at the Lewis and Clark
fair and report tbe fair a grand suc
cess.
John Ulriob, of Godfrey, Illinois,
is bere upon a visit to Mb Bon-in-law,
Cashier G. K, Lindley, and family.
Wednesday morning Mr. and Mrs.
Lindley and the ohildren and Mr. Ul
riob loft for a two weeks' outing to
Crater lake, Pelican hay and other
points of interest on the loop-the-loop
route.
A Hew Medford Hems.
GATHERED BY J. G. M.
Harry Short, son of a promiuont
family of Foots oroek, was in tho
city Friday aud Saturday, guests of
his aged grandma, Susan Whitney,
of South C street, and ulno having
some dental work done by our city
dentists that ho found dillicult to
have done other than in Mediord.
We had the unexpected pleasure of
a bribf call Sunday from Theo. Pen
dleton, of Stockton, Calif. The gen
tleman is a brother to our good friend
and ex-assessor, J. C. Pendleton, of
Table Kock. ile is quite actively en
gaged in buying and selling horses.
Ho wns en route to his brother, J, (!,
P.
Alex. Thompson, of the city, ac
companied by h:s son, Dave, nnd fam
ily, of Jacksonville, returned today
from a two weeks' visit on Apple
gate, twenty-four miles from Jack
sonville. Heat and yellow jackets
were so troublesome that they re
ceived little pleasure from their out
ing. Gold Ray Items.
Johnny Olwell was down one day
last weok.
Mra. G. R. Hay and Miss Ina Hay
were visiting Gold Hilt last Tuesday.
Louis Bonnet, Misses Artie and
Laura Bennett; were down hiBt Sun-day.-
'; ' :
Mrs. U. C. Stoddard IB spending a
few duys in Gold Ray during her va
cation. The new rope wire is now in place
and the new unit is once more in op
eration. As Boon as possible the load
will be put on and it will be doing
regular scrvioe.
Predicts Conference Will End in Row.
ON UOAKD STEAMER KAISER
W1LHELM DER GROSSE, at sea,
Aug. 2. "1 am ufraid negotiations
will be ended within a week, as tho
Japanese conditions will be so intoler
able as not to admit of discussion. "
This most momentous statoment
was made to nie by Countg Witto,
when he turned to go to liia stateroom
shortly bof orojm i'd u ight. 1 caughFTny
lli-st'sight of M.;'iWittiif itb'e" tender
at Cherbourg on hiB way to'tue"st'o"ain
ship Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. 1
had only to follow tho direotiou j In
which a du'en cameras were pointed
to find the man in whose hands lies
peaco or war. 1 beheld a somowhat
uncouth figure with uneven gait, face
shrowd, kindly, tired typioally Sla
vonic, with benignant, wide-open
oyoB, constrnsting strongly witb the
oblique, half-close Oriental optics
whoro as they will in a fow days
be trying lo rend UiiwJiu's fut.
It is Wonderful How
"Why not buy at homo and bmto
agents prollts. Tho Coss Piano House
has boeu established ill Medford over
five years. Our business has always
boon satisfactory, our prices reason
able nnd tho saimi to all. Wo always
sell to the best peuple. Vhy lleoan'so
they have good business judgmoxit
aud know that it pays to buy of a
denlor instead of an agent who is hero
today and there tomorrow. Then
again wo sell pianos that have a repu
tation and buy direct of tho factory,
saving tbo purchaser tho agent's com
misson. No use to jump into a hurry
up deal and regret it at your leaanro.
liettor taki a little time uud talk with
business men that have their business
and reputation at stake. All our
pianos and organs sold at the lowest
cash prices obtainable ami on easy
terms to suit purchasers.
COHtf PIANO HOUSE,
Stores at Medford, Ashland aud Grunt
Paws.
Rcvisilf Old Haunts.
Wm. Carll, of Portland, who is in
charge of the Wivllw. Fargo & Co. 's
stables at that city, was in (lie valley
this week, buying horses for use on
tbe company's express wagons. Mr.
Carll drovo stage through this country
tn tho early days and was afterward
superintendent of the line between
ISoseburg and Redding. Ho returned
to Portland Tuesday with live head of
horses he had bought.
Southern Pacific Reduced Rates,
On nccount of the Lewis mwl Chirk
Fair at. Portland the Southern Pnniiin
Company will soil tickets to Portlaud
and return, dally, from May '28th to
October lfitb, l!Ki, as follows :
Individual tickets, limited to :
days, for ouo and a third faro 13. 20.
Party tickets, ten or more, (must
travel together both ways) ouo fair
for the rouud trip ISI.SX); limited to
ten days.
Parties of 100, or more, moving ou
sauio date; Individual tlckeb) at one
faro for rouud trip HUM; limited to
ten days.
itc;vu couc'fe and tkllung
SOME BUTTER TESTS
METHODS BV WHICH TO DISTINGUISH
THE GENUINE ARTICLE.
The Vmo f Proacrr alive With preah
Meat Colorlav Matter la Ummr San-
m(m-Hw im Deter Borla AeM la
Meat ProdnctH,
It Is a matter of common Informa
tion that oleomargarine la sometimes
substituted for butter and that rancid
and badly made batter Is frequently
melted, washed witb soda and churned
with milk for tbe preparation of reno
vated or process butter.
Methods are available wblcb, with a
little practice, may be employed to dis
tinguish between fresh butter, renovat
ed or process butter and oleomarga
rine. The "spoon" test has been suggested
as a household test a?d is commonly
used by analytical chemists for distin
guishing fresh butter from renovated
butter or oleomargarine. A lump of
butter two or three times tbe size of a
pea is placed In a large spoon and
it Is then heated over an alcohol burn
er. If more convenient, the Hpoon may
be held above the chimney of an ordi
nary kerosene lamp, or It may even be
held over an ordinary Illuminating gas
burner. If the sample In question be
freah butter it will boll quietly with
the evolution of a large number ef
small bubbles throughout the mass
which produce a large amount of foam.
Oleomargurine and process butter, on
the other hand, sputter nnd crackle,
making a noise Blmilar to that heard
when a green Btlck Is placed In a Are.
Another point of distinction is noted if
a small portion of the sample is placed
tn a small bottle and set in a vessel of
water sufficiently warm to melt the
sample. The sample Is kept melted
from half an hour to an hour, when It
is examined. If renovated butter or
oleomargarine, the fat will be turbid,
while if genuine, fresh butter the fat
will almost certainly be entirely clear.
To manipulate what Is known as the
Waterhouse, or milk, test about two
ounces of sweet milk is placed in a
wide mouthed bottle, which Is set in
a vessel of boiling water. When the
milk Is thoroughly heated a teaspoon
ful of butter 1b added and the mix
ture stirred with a splinter of wood
until the fat is melted. The bottle is
then placed in a dish of Ice water and
the stirring continued until the tat
sol Id ides. Now, If the sample be but
ter, either fresh or renovated. It will
be BolidlQcd in a granular condition
and distributed through the milk in
small particles. If, on the other hand,
the sample consists of oleomargarine
it solidities practically In one piece and
may be lifted by the stirrer from the
milk.
Many persons believe. ,thst the great
mass of the, .fresh meat sold on the
market is preserved chemically. This
Impression is entirely unfounded. The
cold storage facilities of tbe present
day make the use of preservatives
with fresh meat mmecessary, and the
larger packing bouses do not employ
them. It sometimes happens that local
butchers sprinkle preservatives over
a cut of meat In order that they may
keep it exposed on the block or bang
ing In a show window as an adver
tisement The use of chemical pre
servatives with fresh meat Is confined
to thiB practice alone.
Preservatives are very commonly
used with chopped meats and sausages,
especially fresh sausage. They axe al
ways employed with canned Vienna
and Frankfurter sausages Inclosed In
casings with the ends tied. Where tbe
ends arc cut preservatives may be ab
sent. Tbe reason for this is that the
temperature required for the complete
sterilization of sausages will either
burst or distort the skins when the
ends are tied, whereae sausages with
cut ends afford an opportunity for the
escape of the water and steam.
With many varieties of sausages,
both fresh and smoked, and with chop
ped meats of all descriptions, coloring
matter is sometimes employed. This Is
done partly for the purpose of satisfy
ing an unnatural demand for a high
colored article and partly sometimes to
conceal tbe grayish color characteristic
of old meat, which shoald not b used
at all.
The preservatives employed with
meat products are boric acid, borax
and sulphites. To detect boric add
about a tablespoonful of the chopped
meat is thoroughly macerated witb a
little water, pressed through a bag and
two or three tableepoonfuls of the
liquid placed In a sauce dish with fif
teen or twenty drops of strong hydro
chloric acid for each tablespoonful. The
liquid is then filtered through filter pa
per -and a piece of tumeric paper dip
ped into It and dried near a lamp or
stove. If boric acid or borax were used
for preserving the sample the tumeric
paper should be changed -to a bright
cherry red color. If too much hydro
chloric add has been employed a dirty
brownish red color Is obtained, which
interferes with the eotar due to the
presence of boric add. Now, if a drop
of household ammonia be added to the
colored tumeric paper and It turns a
dart green, almoBt black color, then
boric acid is present If the reddish
color, however, was caused by the use
of too much hydrochloric add, this
green color does not form.
The corrosive nature of hydrochloric
add must not be lost sight of. It must
not be allowed to touch the flesh.
clothes or any metal. New York Trib
une.
He Aked Far It
"Do you kuow that the coin you lent
me was a counterfeit?" said the habitu
al borrower.
"Oh, sure I do. Ton said that you
needed It bad."
A person suffering from chronic rheu
matism should avoid dried fish, cooked
oysters, pork, veal and turkey.
Lewis and Clark Exposition. .
During tho bev is muJ Clark Exposi
tion the Souther Pacific Company
will sell round trip tickets to Port
land, limit thirty day, at one and
one-third faro for the round trip.
For parties of ton or more traveling
on one ticket, ono fare for the rouud
trip. For organized parties of ono
hundred or more, individual tickets,
at one faro for round trip.
Stopover of ten days will be piven
at Portland on all one way tickets
reading through that point during
tho Kxpotdtlon. Tickets must bo do I
posited with Joint Agent at Portlaud
nt fhttrgp of fifty oiuts will be made
or extension of time. - 1
NAMES OF ANIMALS.
tfhe Meaalnar of Borne of TtaoM Whaae
Orla-la We Can Trace.
Borne of the names of the common
est animals are lost in the dimness
of antiquity, such as fox, weasel,
sheep, horse, dog and baboon. Of the
srigln of these tbe clew Is forever lost.
With camel one cannot go further
back than the Latin word camelus, and
elephant Is derived from ttte old Hin
doo word elpb, which means an ox..
The old root of the word wolf meant
one who tears or rends.
Lynx is from tbe same Latin root
as tbe word lux (light) end probably
was given to these wildcats on ac
count of the fierce brightness of their
eyes. Lion is, of course, from the
Latin leo, which word, in turn, is lost
far back In the Egyptian tongue,
where the word for the king of beasts
was tabu. The compound word
leopard Is first found In the Persian
language, where para stands for pan
ther. Seal, very appropriately, was
once a word meaning of tbe sea; close
to the Latin snl, the sea.
Puma, jaguar, tapir and peccary
(from pa quires) are all names from
South American Indian languages.
The coyote and ocelet were called
coyotl and ocelote by the Mexicans
long before Cortes landed on their
ah ores.
Moose is from the Indian word
mouswah, meaning wood carter;
ukunk, from segauku, an Algonquin
term; wapiti in the Oreek language
means white deer, and was originally
applied to the Hocky mountain goat,
but the name is now restricted to the
American elk. Caribou is also a na
tive Indian word; opossum is from
possowne, and raccoon Is from the In
dian arrathkune (by further ephere-
sis Boon).
Rhinoceros is pare Greek, meaning
nose horned, but beaver has Indeed
had a rough time of It in its travels
Ui rough various languages. It is hard
ly recognizable us bebrus, babro and
bru. The latter is the ultimate root
of the English word brown. The orig
inal application was doubtless on ac
count of the color of the creature's
fur. Otter goes back to Sanskrit,
where It is udra. The significance of
this word is In its close kinship to
udan, meaning water.
The little mouse hands its name
down through Uie years from the old,
old Sanskrit, the root meaning to steal.
Tho word rat may have been derived
from the root of the Latin word va-
dere, to scratch, or rodere, to gnaw.
Kodent is derived from the latter term.
Cat is also in doubt, but is first rec
ognized in catulus, a diminutive of
canis, a dog. It was applied to the
young of almost any animal, as the
English words pup, kitten, cub, etc.
bear is the result of tongue twisting,
from the Latin fern, a wild beast.
Beer is of obscure origin, J?nt may
have been un adjective, meaning wild.
Elk is derived from the Same root as
eland,- and the history of the latter
word is an Interesting one. It meant
a sufferer, and was applied by tbe
Teutons to the elk of the old world
on account of the awkward gait nnd
stiff movements of this ungainly ani
mal.
Squirrel has a poetic origin in the
Greek language, Its original meaning
being shadow tall. Tiger is far more
Intricate. The old Persian word tir
meant arrow, while tlghra signified
sharp. The application to this great
animal was in allusion to the swiftness
with which the tiger leaps upon Its
prey. Detroit News-Tribune.
Rapid Fire Justice,
Yankee dispatch characterizes the
court rulings of a Toronto magistrate,
of whom John Foster Fraser tells in
bis book, "Canada as It Is." The mag
istrate, who is reported to have got
through with forty cases in forty min
utes, was once aBked ho v.' he managed
it "You must have Borne system,"' was
the suggestion.
"I never allow a point of law to be
raised," was the magistrate's prompt
reply. "This is a court of Justice, not
a court of law.
"Not so very long ago a young ut
torney wanted to quote law against
my sending his man down for six
monthB. He wanted to quote Mathews.
I think.
" 'Well,' said I, 'Mathews may be a
great authority on law, but 1 guess he
hosnt as much authority as I have
in this court. Your roan goes down
for six months.' "
lmylnsc For fiotxl Iluttbnnda.
A plcturesquu ceremony takes place
every yeur in Haute-Vienue. All the
girls in tho place on the day of St. Bu
tropius file in procession to St. .Tunien-les-Combes
to the cross which is erect
ed near the church to the saint. Each
girl hangs her left garter on the cross
nnd prays that she may have a good
husband and then gives way to the
next girl. Tbe cross Is so smothered In
garters of different colors that at a
short distance It looks as though It
were covered with flowers.
MODERN FOOTBALL.
It Comcn From the Florentines, Who
Got It From (i recce.
Pid modern football, the Kngby
-fanu travel to England from the Italy
of the renaissance and docs Its his
tory reach buck to ancient Greece? A
recent writer says: "Probably not more
than a few votaries of Kngby football
uro u wit re that wo have to thank Flor
entine athletes for the invention of the
game and for its introduction Into
(Jreat llritain. Kngby school was
founded somewhere about 1567. It was
ene of the direct results of what has
been called the Florentine or Tuscan
fever iu England, which set in late In
the Italian renaissance. Not only did
men of letters come over and settle in
England's centers of learning nnd cre
ate others, but many Florentines vers
ed In the theory nnd practice of polite
culture came as well. The game of 11
calcio came to Florence by way of
Greece. Something of the sort had fig
ured among the less Important games
at Olympla. The principal Florentine
ground was the Tlazza dl Santa Croce,
where upon the wall of the Palazzo
Gtullo Parrlgt is still to be seen the disk
from which tho line dividing the
ground was drawn across the opeu
square. The ball was of leather, con
taining an Inflated bladder, and appar
ently was tho exact site, weight and
shape of the Rugby ball of today.
"II calcio consisted of a friendly con
MEDFORD'S
SHOE PARLOR
A fresh and complete line of men's ladies' and
children's shoes of tho best quality, including the
Celebrate Angeles
Selz Royal Blue
and Crusaders
For .Ranchers, Miners and Prospectors we have the
Great Gotzian Shoe,
IN ALL STYLES.
Also in stock a large supply of Rubber boots,
for fishing season.
Inspection of our goods is respectively solicited.
vSMITH & MOLONY
K. of P. Building, 7th Street,
ers culled schtera azzura and scbiera
rosea blues and reds. The number of
players varied according to the size of
the ground or the Importance of the en
counter. In the Piazza dl Santa Croce
the sides were twenty to twenty-seven
strong, while on the public open sports
ground nt Peretola they totaled as
many us sixty each. Originally the
players were required to be of noble or
gentle blood or such as hud gained dis
tinction and rank in the profession of
arms. Each man had to be of unblem
ished reputation and of graceful figure
nnd possessed of accomplished man
ners. "In addition to the actual players
were 'presidents, standard bearers,
Judges, an umpire, pages and other
oilicials, all 'without reproach, worthy
of the city and courteous in manner.'
Tho costumes of the players were
tight fitting drawers and tunics of
silk, with feathered caps, all richly
embroidered in gold and 'silver. Leather
shoes were worn. The teams were-di-vided
Into four clnsses: Forwards,
whose places were near the dividing
Hue and whose work was to keep tbe
ball In play; halfbacks, stationed be
hind the forwards, In order to return
the ball to play; tbree-quartoCi backs,
who were strong kickers and played
straight on the ball, and goal keepers,
placed at the flags, or boundary, to
stop the ball passing." .
A Narrow Escape,
Say. Tom, do you remember how
Wo used to eo In swimming',
Although we knew our jackets email
Would later get a trimming?
for mother In her book of rules
Had made the hard condition
That we should not go near the stream
Unless we had permission.
But when Will JohnBon came and said
That all the kids were going
We dropped the garden tools and went,
The penalty well knowing.
And how we waded boldly In,
Although It made us shiver!
For not Imagination strong"
Could warm that chilly river.
How presently we hurried home.
Contrite and conscience smitten
And trying to look Innocent
And harmless as a kitten.
And how we boldly lied to her
And bribed our little brother
Until she bragged on us and Bald
We always minded motherl
Cheap Pleasure.
With a mind disposed to make tbe
best of things a man may extract much
pleasure out of life in passing, although
his finances may be as low as those of
a South American republic.
Suppose that no good fairy has left
an automobile at his door, accompanied
by an order for whatever he may need
nt the repair ship, he need not despair
or take himself aside to argue that his
life is but a blank.
No, Indeed. All that he need do is to
sprinkle the back porch with gasoline
and sit down in an easy chair while his
wife runs the sewing machine inside at
o merry clip. The noise nnd the odor
will be so perfect that only an expert
could tell tbe difference between that
and what goes with an auto spin.
True, he will lack the hair raising
Jolts and the thrill of running over a
cripple occasionally, but for the man
who likes the quiet life that will be so
much the better.
Would Help Some.
The sweupst sontri are those unsunR.
But. oh. if we could string m
These singers or employ a younp,
Fulr lady not to fllnff 'em!
Some Extra Opes.
icacner how many seasons are
there?
Bright Boy About six.
Teacher No, four spring, summer,
autumn and winter.
Bright Boy What about pepper and
salt?
Diiterent Degrees
"He must be a great genius. He Is
aJways in debt at the laundry.M
"That is no evidence. If he were a
great enough genius he wouldn't pat
rouuse the laundry at all."
Winning Ouaiirr.
Sba eooldn't vrft a. tin nt
one ooowrrt pen a booklet.
thr are failina ran won
Ana ah waa quiu a eooklec
To My Patrons.
I am now temoorarilv located nt
the Medford Furniture store, where I
am prepared to do anvthins in the
way of watch repairing jnst the Bame
as ever. B. N. BUTLER,
Watchmaker.
"PUBLIC
NOTICE"
Our Electric Transmission
Line is now uopmleted to Central
Point, Medford and Jaekaedville.
We are now ready to furnish
Power, Light and Water to
those desiring it.
We will devote Bpecial atten
tion to the Irrigation of Land
by a 6ysteiB-of Electric pumps,
so successfully used in California
and other arid regions.
Our rates are fair and reason
able. -
Correspondence solicited. All
inquiries will receive prompt
attention,
Condor Water &
Power Company
Tolo -. - Oregon
ORDER TO SHQW CAUSE.
In the lounly Court of the 8tate of Oregon for
the County of Jaokson.
In the matter of the Guard i
iansblp of P. II. Oviatt, an J Order to show
Incompetent person. ) cauea:
It appearing lo this Court mom the peMlioo,
B resented and filed on the 2Sth day of July, A.
'. 1905, by. Sarah C. Oviatt, guardian ol the
person and estate of P. H. Oviatt, fin Incompe
tent person, praying for an order of tiale ol an
M intereBt In and to the Cornstock of Oregon
and Morning quartz mines located In the
Willow Springs Mining District in Jrckson
County, Oregon, belonging to said incompe
tent, that it is for the best interest of said ward
and necessary that said real estate be sold. ,
It is hereby ordered that the next kin of
said ward and all parsons interested in eald
estate, appear before thia Court on Thursday
the 31st day jfjAugust, 1905, atone o'clock p..
m. of said day, at the court room of thti
court at Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon,
then and there to show cause why au order
should not be granted lor tbe sale of said real
property:
And it If further ordered that a copy of this
order be published at least once a week for
four successive weoks prior to the hearing
bereol, order be published at least once a
week for four successive weeks in The Mbd
foko Mail, a newspaper published in Jackson
County, Oregon, and also that u copy be per-:
sonally served upon said ward and his said,.
fuardfan at least ten days before the said .
earing.
Uated at Jacksonville, Oregon,- August l A.
D.. 1S06.
S-eo. W. DUNN,
County Judge, .
Advertised Letter List.
Following is a list of letters remalng un
called for at tbe Medford postofnee on Aug.
2, 1905.
Boeing, Mr Mitchell, Mr f photographer,
Burson, Miss Stella filler, Wm
Counts, Mr J 0 Martindale, Mr Roller
Oezell, Mr Will A Martindale, Mr Pete
Eatou, Mr George 4 Poretr, Mrs Minuie '
Gibson, W Jl Simpson, D.
Lowmah, MrftlSlanChO . r
Aohflrgoofou,Qon wlii be made upon dV
livery ot cauli e! the above letters.
Persons calling tor any of the above .etiert '
win please say Advertised."
A. M WOODFORD, Postmaster
Reduced Rate to Visiting Eastcraerti.''
The Southern Pacific Co. will make1
a rate of one fare for the round trip
from Portland to all points in Oregon..
Ashland aud north for visitors from .
me east to me exposition atrortland, .
to enable them to look over Weetern
Oregon with the view of settling or '
investing. These tickets will be good '
for 15 days limit with stop over at all
intermediate points, and will be sold
to holders of the Exposition round
trip tickets from points east of the
Rocky mountains.
This will afford the various counties
and communities that will maintain
ovMhita u,4 n,l-n.tlDn ;
at the Exposition, every inducement
w uttve xjiisieru people visit tneir sec-
tion.
Studio Opened.
Mrs. Holen AL fBrown and Mist
Irene Brown, recently of Minneapolis,
Minn., have opened a studio at their
home on East Seventh street, and will
receive pupils iu voice and piano.
Special attention given to voice plac
ing. None but latest and most ap
proved method taught. 30-3t
Massage Parlors in Medford.
MlRS Ruhr ft W Pnnlrn. A J
uuuaui uoo UpCUWl
Massage Parlors at the homo of Mrs,
"unuin-i, uu uhkurio avenue
uuu ic I'lcfjtueu iu tivu steam
electric and salt glow baths, face and
scalp massage and fine magnetic treat
ment. Will go to any part of the city
and give private treatment Women
and children only. 9 a. m. to 10 p.
r-none ig. 20-3m
For Sale.
Throa tnnh Ruin . i a
. ....u raKuu, III KOW1
ruuniug order; California bed. In
quire of Chris Uirich, Jacksonville,
Oregon. j tf